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School admissions in Rossendale

How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. Sorted by first preferences per place. We don't invent rankings: the order is arithmetic on a published figure, not a view about which school is better.

Reception places, September 2026

13 schools. 3 received more first preferences than they had places.

SchoolFirst preferences per placePlaces
St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School, NewchurchRossendale1.7218
Haslingden Broadway Primary SchoolRossendale1.2730
St James-the-Less Roman Catholic Primary School, RawtenstallRossendale1.1729
St Anne's Church of England Primary SchoolRossendale1.0016
Haslingden Primary SchoolRossendale0.9857
Crawshawbooth Primary SchoolRossendale0.9543
Water Primary SchoolRossendale0.9111
St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, HaslingdenRossendale0.8919
Helmshore Primary SchoolRossendale0.8955
St Mary's CofE Primary School RawtenstallROSSENDALE0.8318
Rawtenstall Balladen Community Primary SchoolRossendale0.8211
Waterfoot Primary SchoolRossendale0.8233
Rawtenstall Newchurch Church of England Primary SchoolRossendale0.7010

First preferences per place is the number of families naming the school first, divided by its published admission number. Above 1.00 means more first choices than places. It is not a ranking and not a measure of quality: a popular school can be easy to get into and a quiet one hard, because places are allocated by each school's own criteria, siblings and faith and banding first, with distance often the last tie-breaker. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE.

Year 7 places, September 2026

4 schools. 4 received more first preferences than they had places.

SchoolFirst preferences per placePlaces
Alder Grange SchoolRossendale1.25142
Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar SchoolRossendale1.21181
All Saints' Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary AcademyRossendale1.0998
Haslingden High School and Sixth FormRossendale1.01263

First preferences per place is the number of families naming the school first, divided by its published admission number. Above 1.00 means more first choices than places. It is not a ranking and not a measure of quality: a popular school can be easy to get into and a quiet one hard, because places are allocated by each school's own criteria, siblings and faith and banding first, with distance often the last tie-breaker. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE.